What is it about?
Investigating the role which conspiratorial narratives play in (de)stabilizing political order across the Arab world, this analysis demonstrates that distrust in the political system and support for Islamist ideas are associated with the willingness to blame external actors such as the United States and Israel for the creation of the Islamic State. The results thus demonstrate how closely intertwined the production and spread of conspiracy theories are with the crisis of Islamist ideology and authoritarian governance in the Arab world.
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Why is it important?
Dealing with the causes of popularity of conspiracy theories in the Arab world continues to be of importance for the study of political radicalism and violence, local aspirations for political change and the region’s relations with the rest of the world.
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This page is a summary of: ‘Just another story that was prepared in advance’ - political distrust, Islamism, and conspiratorial thinking in Arab public opinion on the Islamic State, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, May 2022, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2022.2079114.
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